urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-eff9becc-b1a3-4cb8-bfb2-619b2a0bfc2eInside System Storage -- by Tony Pearson - Tags - ds3000 Inside System Storage -- by Tony Pearson03052018-02-20T18:03:54-05:00IBM Connections - Blogsurn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-c86d1b80-decb-494d-b8ab-546299bab35f#ibmtechu Day 4 IBM Storage University - Storage Free-for-AllTonyPearson120000HQFFactivefalseComment EntriesLikestrue2011-09-03T15:16:58-04:002011-09-03T15:16:58-04:00
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Continuing my coverage of the [<a href="http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/zz/en?pageType=page&amp;c=Y208378H82751Q49&amp;csr=agus_trainingenrollment-20100913&amp;cm=k&amp;cr=google&amp;ct=6N8AR05W&amp;S_TACT=6N8AR05W&amp;ck=ibm_storage_university&amp;cmp=6N8AR&amp;mkwid=sqzvzuPXJ_10033739986_4321d24598">IBM System Storage Technical University 2011</a>], I participated in the storage free-for-all, which is a long-time tradition, started at SHARE User Group conference, and carried forward to other IT conferences. The free-for-all is a Q&amp;A Panel of experts to allow anyone to ask any question. These are sometimes called &quot;Birds of a Feather&quot; (BOF). Last year, we had two: one focused on Tivoli Storage software, and the second to cover storage hardware. This year, we had two, one for System x called &quot;Ask the eXperts&quot;, and one for System Storage called &quot;Storage Free-for-All&quot;. This post covers the latter.
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(<b>Disclaimer: Do not shoot the messenger!</b> We had a dozen or more experts on the panel, representing System Storage hardware, Tivoli Storage software, and Storage services. I took notes, trying to capture the essence of the questions, and the answers given by the various IBM experts. I have spelled out acronyms and provided links to relevant materials. The answers from individual IBMers may not reflect the official position of IBM management. <i>Where appropriate, my own commentary will be in italics.</i>)
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />Are there any plans to improve the use of BRMS [<a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/support/brms/index.html">Backup Recovery and Media Services for IBM i</a>] with [<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage-mgr/">Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)</a>]?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />It should be against the law to connect these two together. IBM has no plans to make any further improvements.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
When will [<a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/chassis/blades/">IBM BladeCenter S</a>] support 2.5-inch drives?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
You are in the wrong session! Go to &quot;Ask the eXperts&quot; session next door!
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
The TSM GUI sucks! Are there any plans to improve it?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
Yes, we are aware that products like IBM XIV have raised the bar for what people expect from graphical user interfaces. We have plans to improve the TSM GUI. <i>IBM's new GUI for the SAN Volume Controller and Storwize V7000 has been well-received, and will be used as a template for the GUIs of other storage hardware and software products. The GUI uses the latest HTML5, Dojo widgets and AJAX technologies, eliminating Java dependencies on the client browser.</i>
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
Can we run the TSM Admin GUI from a non-Windows host?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
IBM has plans to offer this. <i>Most likely, this will be browser-based, so that any OS with a modern browser can be used.</i>
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
As hard disk drives grow larger in capacity, RAID-5 becomes less viable. What is IBM doing to address this?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
IBM is aware of this problem. IBM offers RAID-DP on the IBM N series, RAID-X on the IBM XIV, and RAID-6 on its other disk systems.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
TPC licensing is outrageous! What is IBM going to do about it?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
IBM introduced the [<a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/software/center/disk/me/">Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk Midrange Edition (MRE)</a>] to help address the cost when Small and Medium-sized Businesses managing SVC, Storwize V7000, DS5000 and DS3000 disk systems.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
What is the adoption rate of IBM Easy Tier?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
About 25 percent of DS8000 disk systems have SSD installed. Now that IBM DS8000 Easy Tier supports &quot;any two&quot; tiers, roughly 50 percent of DS8000 now have Easy Tier activated. No idea on how Easy Tier has been adopted on SVC or Storwize V7000.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
We have an 8-node SVC cluster, should we put 8 SSD drives into a single node-pair, or spread them out?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
We recommend putting a separate Solid-State Drive in each SVC node, with RAID-1 between nodes of a node-pair. By separating the SSD across I/O groups, you can reduce node-to-node traffic.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
How well has SVC 6.2 been adopted?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
The inventory call-home data is not yet available. <i>The only SVC hardware model that does not support this level of software was the 2145-4F2 introduced in 2003. Every other model since then can be updated to this level.</i>
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
Will IBM offer 600GB FDE drives for the IBM DS8700?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
Currently, IBM offers 300GB and 450GB 15K RPM drives with the Full-Disk Encryption (FDE) capability for the DS8700, and 450GB and 600GB 10K RPM drives with FDE for the IBM DS8800. IBM is working with its disk suppliers to offer FDE on other disk capacities, and on SSD and NL-SAS drives as well, so that all can be used with IBM Easy Tier.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
Is there a reason for the feature lag between the Easy Tier capabilities of the DS8000, and that of the SVC/Storwize V7000?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
We have one team for Easy Tier, so they implement it first on DS8000, then port it over to SVC/Storwize V7000.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
Does it even make sense to have separate storage tiers, especially when you factor in the cost of SVC and TPC to make it manageable?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
It depends! We understand this is a trade-off between cost and complexity. Most data centers have three or more storage tiers already, so products like SVC can help simplify interoperability.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
Are there best practices for combining SVC with DS8000? Can we share one DS8000 system across two or more SVC clusters?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
Yes, you can share one DS8000 across multiple SVC clusters. DS8000 has auto-restripe, so consider having two big extent pools. The queue depth is 3 to 60, so aim to have up to 60 managed disks on your DS8000 assigned to SVC. The more managed disks the better.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
The IBM System Storage Interopability Center (SSIC) site does not seem to be designed well for SAN Volume Controller.
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
Yes, we are aware of that. It was designed based on traditional Hardware Compatability Lists (HCL), but storage virtualization presents unique challenges.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
How does the 24-hour learning period work for IBM Easy Tier? We have batch processing that runs from 2am to 8am on Sundays.
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
You can have Easy Tier monitor across this batch job window, and turn Easy Tier management between tiers on and off as needed.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
Now that NetApp has acquired LSI, is the DS3000 still viable?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
Yes, IBM has a strong OEM relationship with both NetApp and LSI, and this continues after the acquisition.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
If have managed disks from a DS8000 multi-rank extent pool assigned to multiple SVC clusters, won't this affect performance?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
Yes, possibly. Keep managed disks on seperate extent pools if this is a big concern. A PERL script is available to re-balance SVC striped volumes as needed after these changes.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
Is the IBM [<a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/c6192fb3a432612485256d970082de57/a9e23b23b9958a22862572c40021018f?OpenDocument">TPC Reporter</a>] a replacement for IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
No, it is software, available at no additional charge, that provides additional reporting to those who have already licensed Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 4.1 and above. It will be updated as needed when new versions of Productivity Center are released.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
We are experiencing lots of stability issues with SDD, SDD-PCM and SDD-DSM multipathing drivers. Are these getting the development attention they deserve?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
IBM's direction is to shift toward native OS-based multipathing drivers.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
Is anyone actually thinking of deploying public cloud storage in the near-term?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
A few hands in the audience were raised.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
None of the IBM storage devices seem to have [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer">REST API</a>]. Cloud storage providers are demanding this. What are IBM plans?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
IBM plans to offer REST on SONAS. <i>IBM uses SONAS internally for its own cloud storage offerings.</i>
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
If you ask a DB2 specialist, an AIX specialist, and a System Storage specialist, on how to configure System p and System Storage for optimal performance, you get three different answers. Are there any IBMers who are cross-functional that can help?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
Yes, for example, Earl Jew is an IBM Field Technical Support Specialist (FTSS) for both System p and Storage, and can help you with that.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
Both Oracle and Microsoft recommend RAID-10 for their applications.
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
Don't listen to them. Feel free to use RAID-5, RAID-6 or RAID-X instead.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
Resizing SVC source volumes forces ongoing FlashCopy or Metro Mirror relatiohships to be stopped. Does IBM plan to address this?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
Currently, you have to stop, resize both source and target, then start the relationship again. Consider getting IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication (TPC-R).
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
What ever happened to IBM [<a href="http://www-935.ibm.com/services/au/gbs/bus/html/healthcare/medicalimaging/archive.html">Grid Medical Archive Solution (GMAS)</a>]?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
IBM continues to support this for exising clients. For new deployments, IBM offers SONAS and the Information Archive (IA).
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
When will I be able to move SVC volumes between I/O groups?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
You can today, but it is disruptive to the operating system. IBM is investigating making this less disruptive.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
Will XIV ever support the mainframe?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
It does already, with support for both Linux and z/VM today. For VSE support, use SVC with XIV. For those with the new zBX extension, XIV storage can be used with all of the POWER and x86-based operating systems supported. IBM has no plans to offer direct FICON attachment for z/OS or z/TPF.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
Not a question - Kudos to the TSM and ProtecTIER team in supporting native IP-based replication!
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
Thanks!
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
When will IBM offer POWER-based models of the XIV, SVC and other storage devices?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
IBM's decision to use industry-standard x86 technology has proven quite successful. However, IBM re-looks at this decision every so many years. Once again, the last iteration determined that it was not worth doing. A POWER-based model might not beat the price/performance of current x86 models, and maintaining two separate code bases would hinder development of new innovations.
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<img alt="Question: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/q.gif" />
We have both System i and System z, what is IBM doing to address the fact that PowerHA and GDPS are different?
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<img alt="Answer: " src="https://dw1.s81c.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/resource/a.gif" />
IBM TPC-R has a service offering extension to support &quot;IBM i&quot; environments. GDPS plans to support multi-platform environments as well.
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This was a great interactive session. I am glad everyone stayed late Thursday evening to participate in this discussion.
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Continuing my coverage of the [ IBM System Storage Technical University 2011 ], I participated in the storage free-for-all, which is a long-time tradition, started at SHARE User Group conference, and carried forward to other IT...0011597urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-eff9becc-b1a3-4cb8-bfb2-619b2a0bfc2eInside System Storage -- by Tony Pearson2018-02-20T18:03:54-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-40fd1053-8edd-4c12-9990-58c2bd0ffa8cIBM Announces Productivity Center for Disk Midrange EditionTonyPearson120000HQFFactivefalseComment EntriesLikestrue2010-06-16T15:10:11-04:002010-06-16T15:10:11-04:00<p>
Well, it's Tuesday, and you all know what that means... IBM announcements!
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This week, IBM announced the IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk Midrange Edition, affectionately referred to as &quot;MRE&quot;. This is basically TPC for Disk but with two key differences:
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<li>A special license that covers only DS3000, DS4000, DS5000 series, whether natively attached or virtualized behind SAN Volume Controller.
</li><li>A new pricing model based on the number on controllers and drawers, rather than by TB managed. For example, if you have a DS5300 and two expansion drawers, then you pay for three units of MRE. As you upgrade from smaller capacity disks to larger capacity disks, your license costs won't increase. This eliminates the quarterly hassle to &quot;true up&quot; your software licenses to match actual capacity that is required on TB-based licensing.
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This includes the [<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&amp;subtype=CA&amp;htmlfid=897/ENUS110-101&amp;appname=USN">new DS3500 model</a>] that was announced last month. This was part of the set of solutions to [<a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/31791.wss">help midsized businesses</a>].
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A fresh new blogger on the scene, Anthony Vandewerdt (IBM), covers [<a href="http://ht.ly/1Yf4j">10 things I like about the IBM DS3500</a>], saving me the trouble.
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For more information on Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk Midrange Edition, see the IBM [<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&amp;infotype=an&amp;appname=iSource&amp;supplier=897&amp;letternum=ENUS210-179">Announcement Letter</a>].
</p><p><img src="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/resources/InsideSystemStorage/technorati.gif" /><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Tivoli" rel="tag">Tivoli</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Productivity+Center" rel="tag">Productivity Center</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Midrange Edition" rel="tag">Midrange+Edition</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/MRE" rel="tag">MRE</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/TPC" rel="tag">TPC</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DS3000" rel="tag">DS3000</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DS3500" rel="tag">DS3500</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DS4000" rel="tag">DS4000</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DS5000" rel="tag">DS5000</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Anthony+Vandewerdt" rel="tag">Anthony Vandewerdt</a></p>Well, it's Tuesday, and you all know what that means... IBM announcements!
This week, IBM announced the IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk Midrange Edition, affectionately referred to as &quot;MRE&quot;. This is basically TPC for Disk but with...0110821urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-eff9becc-b1a3-4cb8-bfb2-619b2a0bfc2eInside System Storage -- by Tony Pearson2018-02-20T18:03:54-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-ce57246f-bda0-4c14-bfe0-c2d24e2a47f3New Disk Options for DCS9900, DS3000 and N seriesTonyPearson120000HQFFactivefalseComment EntriesLikestrue2010-02-12T19:41:40-05:002010-02-12T19:41:40-05:00<p>
Continuing my series of posts on the IBM Storage launch of February 9, I cover some new disk options.</p>
<dl>
<dt><b> IBM System Storage DCS9900</b>
</dt><dd>
<p>
The DCS9900 uses a 4U enclosure to hold 60 (that's sixty, SIX-ZERO) drives! Normally, hot-swapable drives face the front or back surface of the rack, but these surfaces are valuable <i>&quot;real estate&quot;</i>, so instead, the drives stick downward into a tray that rolls out, giving you full access to access any of the drives. The DCS9900 added support for 2TB (7200 RPM) SATA drives, and 600GB (15K RPM) SAS drives. The systems use ten-pack RAID-6 ranks, 8+2P.
</p>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26449036@N06/4351831535/" title="DSC01539-SONAS by az990tony, on Flickr"><img alt="DSC01539-SONAS" height="382" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2753/4351831535_8cd3b697e5_o.jpg" width="300" /></a>
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(If this sounds a lot like the newly announced SONAS product, it should! The two products share &quot;DNA&quot;, and so can be considered <i>sister products</i>, packing 60 drives into a 4U enclosure. By comparison, the SONAS initially only supports 1TB SATA in RAID-6 ten-packs 8+2P, and 450GB SAS in RAID-5 ten-packs 8+P+S, but now that 2TB SATA and 600GB SAS drives have been qualified for the DCS9900, we hope to qualify these for the SONAS soon as well.)
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>
Learn more about the DCS9900 from the IBM [<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&amp;infotype=an&amp;appname=iSource&amp;supplier=897&amp;letternum=ENUS110-053">Press Release</a>].
</p>
</dd><dt><b>IBM System Storage DS3000 series</b>
</dt><dd><p>
The DS3000 adds support for 600GB SAS drives. Here is the IBM [<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&amp;infotype=an&amp;appname=iSource&amp;supplier=897&amp;letternum=ENUS110-016">Press Release</a>].
</p>
</dd><dt><b>IBM System Storage N series</b>
</dt><dd><p>
IBM adds support for 600GB FC and 600GB SAS drives for the entire N series from the smallest N3000 series to the largest N7000 series. Here is the IBM [<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&amp;infotype=an&amp;appname=iSource&amp;supplier=897&amp;letternum=ENUS110-006">Press Release</a>].
</p>
</dd></dl>
<p>
Next week, I'll continue to chip away, bit by bit, at this huge storage launch.
</p>
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Continuing my series of posts on the IBM Storage launch of February 9, I cover some new disk options. IBM System Storage DCS9900 The DCS9900 uses a 4U enclosure to hold 60 (that's sixty, SIX-ZERO) drives! Normally, hot-swapable drives face the front or back...0010465urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-eff9becc-b1a3-4cb8-bfb2-619b2a0bfc2eInside System Storage -- by Tony Pearson2018-02-20T18:03:54-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-fc7e7e71-56cc-4cf0-9852-58f20db2dff2Storage Software with System x ServersTonyPearson120000HQFFactivefalseComment EntriesLikestrue2010-01-14T18:40:27-05:002010-01-14T18:40:27-05:00From Timothy Morgan of [<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/13/hp_microsoft_frontline_stack/">The Register</a>]:
<blockquote><span style="color: red;">
&quot;With Cisco Systems, EMC, and VMware teaming up to sell integrated IT stacks, Oracle buying Sun Microsystems to create its own integrated stacks, and IBM having sold integrated legacy system stacks and rolling in profits from them for decades, it was only a matter of time before other big IT players paired off.&quot;
</span></blockquote>
<p>
Once again we are reminded that IBM, as an IT &quot;supermarket&quot;, is able to deliver integrated software/server/storage solutions, and our competitors are scrambling to form their own alliances to be &quot;more like IBM.&quot; This week, IBM announced new ordering options for storage software with System x servers, including BladeCenter blade servers and IntelliStation workstations. Here's a quick recap:
</p>
<dl>
<dt><b>FastBack v6.1</b>
</dt><dd><p>IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack v6.1 supports both Windows <u>and Linux</u>! FastBack is a data protection solution for ROBO (Remote Office, Branch Office) locations. It can protect Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, DB2, Oracle applications. FastBack can provide full volume-level recovery, as well as individual file recovery, and in some cases Bare Machine Recovery. FastBack v6.1 can be run stand-alone, or integrated with a full IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) unified recovery management solution.</p>
</dd>
<dt><b>FlashCopy Manager v2.1</b>
</dt><dd><p>FlashCopy Manager uses point-in-time copy capabilities, such as SnapShot or FlashCopy, to protect application data using an application-aware approach for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL server, DB2, Oracle, and SAP. It can be used with IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC), DS8000 series, DS5000 series, DS4000 series, DS3000 series, and XIV storage systems. When applicable, FlashCopy manager coordinates its work with Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) interface. FlashCopy Manager can provide data protection using just point-in-time disk-resident copies, or can be integrated with a full IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) unified recovery management solution to move backup images to external storage pools, such as low-cost, energy-efficient tape cartridges.</p>
</dd><dt><b>General Parallel File System (GPFS) v3.3 Multiplatform</b>
</dt><dd><p>GPFS can support AIX, Linux, <u> and Windows!</u> Version 3.3 adds support for Windows 2008 Server on 64-bit chipset architectures from AMD and Intel. Now you can have a common GPFS cluster with AIX, Linux and Windows servers all sharing and accessing the same files. A GPFS cluster can have up to 256 file systems. Each of these file systems can be up to 1 billion files, up to 1PB of data, and can have up to 256 snapshots. GPFS can be used stand-alone, or integrated with a full IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) unified recovery management solution with parallel backup streams.</p>
</dd></dl>
<p>
For full details on these new ordering options, see the IBM [<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&amp;infotype=an&amp;appname=iSource&amp;supplier=897&amp;letternum=ENUS210-034&amp;open&amp;cm_mmc=6209-_-n-_-vrm_newsletter-_-10207_144420&amp;cmibm_em=dm:0:16661896">Press Release</a>]. <br /></p><p><br /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/resources/InsideSystemStorage/technorati.gif" /><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/System+x" rel="tag">System x</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/BladeCenter" rel="tag">BladeCenter</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IntelliStation" rel="tag">IntelliStation</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Cisco" rel="tag">Cisco</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/EMC" rel="tag">EMC</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/VMware" rel="tag">VMware</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/VCE" rel="tag">VCE</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Oracle" rel="tag">Oracle</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Sun" rel="tag">Sun</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/FastBack" rel="tag">FastBack</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/FlashCopy" rel="tag">FlashCopy</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/GPFS" rel="tag">GPFS</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Windows" rel="tag">Windows</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Linux" rel="tag">Linux</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SAP" rel="tag">SAP</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SVC" rel="tag">SVC</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/VSS" rel="tag">VSS</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DS8000" rel="tag">DS8000</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DS5000" rel="tag">DS5000</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DS4000" rel="tag">DS4000</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DS3000" rel="tag">DS3000</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SQL" rel="tag">SQL</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Lotus" rel="tag">Lotus</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Domino" rel="tag">Domino</a></p>From Timothy Morgan of [ The Register ]:
&quot;With Cisco Systems, EMC, and VMware teaming up to sell integrated IT stacks, Oracle buying Sun Microsystems to create its own integrated stacks, and IBM having sold integrated legacy system stacks and rolling in...0010750urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-eff9becc-b1a3-4cb8-bfb2-619b2a0bfc2eInside System Storage -- by Tony Pearson2018-02-20T18:03:54-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-ce3c10e9-b2e5-43ed-af3e-890d67cbb5d4New DS8700 and other disk announcementsTonyPearson120000HQFFactivefalseComment EntriesLikestrue2009-10-20T19:12:48-04:002009-10-21T16:04:03-04:00
<p>
Well, it's Tuesday again, but this time, today we had our third big storage launch of 2009! A lot got announced today as part of IBM's big &quot;Dynamic Infrastructure&quot; marketing campaign. I will just focus on the
disk-related announcements today:
</p><p>
</p><dl>
<dt><b>IBM System Storage DS8700</b>
</dt><dd><p>
IBM adds a new model to its DS8000 series with the
[<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&amp;infotype=an&amp;appname=iSource&amp;supplier=897&amp;letternum=ENUS109-289&amp;open&amp;cm_mmc=5733-_-n-_-vrm_newsletter-_-10207_136126&amp;cmibm_em=dm:0:16661896">IBM System Storage DS8700</a>]. Earlier this month, fellow blogger and arch-nemesis Barry Burke from EMC posted [<a href="http://thestorageanarchist.typepad.com/weblog/2009/10/2025-rip-ds8300.html">R.I.P DS8300</a>] on this mistaken assumption that the new DS8700 meant that DS8300 was going away, or that anyone who bought a DS8300 recently would be out of luck. Obviously, I could not respond until today's announcement, as the last thing I want to do is lose my job disclosing confidential information. BarryB is wrong on both counts:
</p><ul>
<li>IBM will continue to sell the DS8100 and DS8300, in addition to the new DS8700.
</li><li>Clients can upgrade their existing DS8100 or DS8300 systems to DS8700.
</li></ul>
<p>
BarryB's latest post [<a href="http://thestorageanarchist.typepad.com/weblog/2009/10/2026-whats-in-a-name-ds8700.html">What's In a Name - DS8700</a>] is fair game, given all the fun and ridicule everyone had at his expense over EMC's &quot;V-Max&quot; name.</p>
<p>
So the DS8700 is new hardware with only 4 percent new software. On the hardware side, it uses faster POWER6 processors instead of POWER5+, has faster PCI-e buses instead of the RIO-G loops, and faster four-port device adapters (DAs) for added bandwidth between cache and drives. The DS8700 can be ordered as a single-frame dual 2-way that supports up to 128 drives and 128GB of cache, or as a dual 4-way, consisting of one primary frame, and up to four expansion frames, with up to 384GB of cache and 1024 drives.
</p><p>
Not mentioned explicitly in the announcements were the things the DS8700 does not support:
</p><ul>
<li>ESCON attachment - Now that FICON is well-established for the mainframe market, there is no need to support the slower, bulkier ESCON options. This greatly reduced testing effort. The 2-way DS8700 can support up to 16 four-port FICON/FCP host adapters, and the 4-way can support up to 32 host adapters, for a maximum of 128 ports. The FICON/FCP host adapter ports can auto-negotiate between 4Gbps, 2Gbps and 1Gbps as needed.</li>
<br />
<li>LPAR mode - When IBM and HDS introduced LPAR mode back in 2004, it sounded like a great idea the engineers came up with. Most other major vendors followed our lead to offer similar &quot;partitioning&quot;. However, it turned out to be what we call in the storage biz a &quot;selling apple&quot; not a &quot;buying apple&quot;. In other words, something the salesman can offer as a differentiating feature, but that few clients actually use. It turned out that supporting both LPAR and non-LPAR modes merely doubled the testing effort, so IBM got rid of it for the DS8700.
</li>
<blockquote>
<b>Update:</b> I have been reminded that both IBM and HDS delivered LPAR mode within a month of each other back in 2004, so it was wrong for me to imply that HDS followed IBM's lead when obviously development happened in both companies for the most part concurrently prior to that. EMC was late to the "partition" party, but who's keeping track?
</blockquote>
</ul>
<p>
Initial performance tests show up to 50 percent improvement for random workloads, and up to 150 percent improvement for sequential workloads, and up to 60 percent improvement in background data movement for FlashCopy functions. The results varied slightly between Fixed Block (FB) LUNs and Count-Key-Data (CKD) volumes, and I hope to see some SPC-1 and SPC-2 benchmark numbers published soon.<p>
The DS8700 is compatible for Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, and Metro/Global Mirror with the rest of the DS8000 series, as well as the ESS model 750, ESS model 800 and DS6000 series.
</p></dd><dt><b>New 600GB FC and FDE drives</b>
</dt><dd><p>
IBM now offers [<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&amp;infotype=an&amp;appname=iSource&amp;supplier=897&amp;letternum=ENUS109-646&amp;open&amp;cm_mmc=5733-_-n-_-vrm_newsletter-_-10207_134200&amp;cmibm_em=dm:0:16661896">600GB drives</a>] for the DS4700 and DS5020 disk systems, as well as the EXP520 and EXP810 expansion drawers. In each case, we are able to pack up to 16 drives into a 3U enclosure.
</p><p>
Personally, I think the DS5020 should have been given a DS4xxx designation, as it resembles the DS4700
more than the other models of the DS5000 series. Back in 2006-2007, I was the marketing strategist for IBM System Storage product line, and part of my job involved all of the meetings to name or rename products. Mostly I gave reasons why products should NOT be renamed, and why it was important to name the products correctly at the beginning.
</p></dd><dt><b>IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller hardware and software</b>
</dt><dd><p>
Fellow IBM master inventory Barry Whyte has been covering the latest on the [<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&amp;infotype=an&amp;appname=iSource&amp;supplier=897&amp;letternum=ENUS109-536&amp;open&amp;cm_mmc=5733-_-n-_-vrm_newsletter-_-10207_136129&amp;cmibm_em=dm:0:16661896">SVC 2145-CF8 hardware</a>]. IBM put out a press release last week on this, and today is the formal announcement with prices and details. Barry's latest post
[<a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/storagevirtualization/entry/svc_cf8_hardware_and_ssd_in_depth">SVC CF8 hardware and SSD in depth</a>] covers just part of the entire
announcement.
</p><p>
The other part of the announcement was the [<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&amp;infotype=an&amp;appname=iSource&amp;supplier=897&amp;letternum=ENUS209-261&amp;open&amp;cm_mmc=5733-_-n-_-vrm_newsletter-_-10207_135904&amp;cmibm_em=dm:0:16661896">SVC 5.1 software</a>] which can be loaded
on earlier SVC models 8F2, 8F4, and 8G4 to gain better performance and functionality.
</p><p>
To avoid confusion on what is hardware machine type/model (2145-CF8 or 2145-8A4) and what is software program (5639-VC5 or 5639-VW2), IBM has introduced two new [<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&amp;infotype=an&amp;appname=iSource&amp;supplier=897&amp;letternum=ENUS709-001&amp;open&amp;cm_mmc=5733-_-n-_-vrm_newsletter-_-10207_135506&amp;cmibm_em=dm:0:16661896">Solution Offering Identifiers</a>]:
</p><ul>
<li>5465-028 Standard SAN Volume Controller</li>
<li>5465-029 Entry Edition SAN Volume Controller</li>
</ul>
<p>The latter is designed for smaller deployments, supports only a single SVC node-pair managing up to
150 disk drives, available in Raven Black or Flamingo Pink.
</p></dd><dt><b>EXN3000 and EXP5060 Expansion Drawers</b>
</dt><dd><p>
IBM offers the [<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&amp;infotype=an&amp;appname=iSource&amp;supplier=897&amp;letternum=ENUS109-632&amp;open&amp;cm_mmc=5733-_-n-_-vrm_newsletter-_-10207_135540&amp;cmibm_em=dm:0:16661896">EXN3000 for the IBM N series</a>]. These expansion drawers can pack 24 drives in a 4U enclosure. The drives can either be all-SAS, or all-SATA, supporting 300GB, 450GB, 500GB and 1TB size capacity drives.
</p><p>
The [<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&amp;infotype=an&amp;appname=iSource&amp;supplier=897&amp;letternum=ENUS109-703&amp;open&amp;cm_mmc=5733-_-n-_-vrm_newsletter-_-10207_136133&amp;cmibm_em=dm:0:16661896">EXP5060 for the IBM DS5000 series</a>] is a high-density expansion drawer that can pack up to 60 drives into a 4U enclosure. A DS5100 or DS5300
can handle up to eight of these expansion drawers, for a total of 480 drives.
</p></dd><dt><b>IBM System Storage Productivity Center v1.4</b>
</dt><dd><p>
The latest [<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&amp;infotype=an&amp;appname=iSource&amp;supplier=897&amp;letternum=ENUS109-730&amp;open&amp;cm_mmc=5733-_-n-_-vrm_newsletter-_-10207_136135&amp;cmibm_em=dm:0:16661896">System Storage Productivity Center (SSPC) v1.4</a>] can manage all of your DS3000, DS4000, DS5000, DS6000, DS8000 series disk, and SAN Volume Controller. You can get the SSPC built in two modes:
</p><ul>
<li>Pre-installed with Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Basic Edition. Basic Edition can be upgraded with license keys to support Data, Disk and Standard Edition to extend support and functionality to report and manage XIV, N series, and non-IBM disk systems.</li>
<li>Pre-installed with Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager (TKLM). This can be used to manage the Full Disk Encryption (FDE) encryption-capable disk drives in the DS8000 and DS5000, as well as LTO and TS1100 series tape drives.</li>
</ul>
<p /></dd><dt><b>IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager v2.1</b>
</dt><dd><p>
The [<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&amp;infotype=an&amp;appname=iSource&amp;supplier=897&amp;letternum=ENUS209-297&amp;open&amp;cm_mmc=5733-_-n-_-vrm_newsletter-_-10207_135235&amp;cmibm_em=dm:0:16661896">IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager V2.1</a>] replaces two products in one. IBM used
to offer IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Copy Services (TSM for CS) that protected Windows application data, and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Advanced Copy Services (TSM for ACS) that protected AIX application data.
</p><p>
The new product has some excellent advantages. FlashCopy Manager offers application-aware backup of LUNs containing SAP, Oracle, DB2, SQL server and Microsoft Exchange data. It can support IBM DS8000, SVC and XIV point-in-time copy functions, as well as the Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) interfaces of the IBM DS5000, DS4000 and DS3000 series disk systems. It is priced by the amount of TB you copy, not on the speed or number of CPU processors inside the server.</p><p>
Don't let the name fool you. IBM FlashCopy Manager does not require that you use Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) as your backup product. You can run IBM FlashCopy Manager on its own, and it will manage your FlashCopy target versions on disk, and these can be backed up to tape or another disk using any backup product. However, if you are lucky enough to also be using TSM, then there is optional integration that allows TSM to manage the target copies, move them to tape, inventory them in its DB2 database, and provide complete reporting.
</p></dd></dl>
Yup, that's a lot to announce in one day. And this was just the disk-related portion of the launch!
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Well, it's Tuesday again, but this time, today we had our third big storage launch of 2009! A lot got announced today as part of IBM's big &quot;Dynamic Infrastructure&quot; marketing campaign. I will just focus on the
disk-related announcements today:
...1223460urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-eff9becc-b1a3-4cb8-bfb2-619b2a0bfc2eInside System Storage -- by Tony Pearson2018-02-20T18:03:54-05:00